Combined hood and cape.



E. GALBRAITH.

COMBINED HUUD AND CAPE.

APPLICATION rump D204. 1912.

1,1 19,268, Patented Dec. 1,1914

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ELIZABETH GALBBAITH, OF FAYETTEVILLE, ABKANSAS.

C'JMBINED noon AND omen Specification of Lettcisfzitcnt.

Patented Dec. 1.1914.

Application filed December 4,.19Ifi. Serial no. 73;;904.

is ca able. of adjustment todifferent sizes Oile paper is preferably used in construct:

ing the gennent, and it is intended to provide a garment which mey be distributed through vending or slot machines.

The-inventionhlso has for its object to provide the-,g'arment with a securing device of especial design andes'pecially adapted toconnect the-opposite side portions of ;the reg h r; 1 1

A further bj'ect' of the. invention is to provide means for. drawing the hood close around the throat of'iz. wearer. I

- Withthese objects in .v-ievv,. the garmentincludes a cape portion to which is suitably attached a hood ortion and 'a drew string is.-

provided upon' t e hood portion. Securing vided in one side of the cape port-ion and.

preferably reinforcing members located adccent .to the slits, the said 'rnembers' also having slits which register with the slits in the cape portion. The cape portion is also provided at one of its edges with tongues;

adapted to inserted through the slits. hereinbefore mentioned. These tonguesare provided with slits through which the free ends of the tongues are adapted to be inserted, whereby they are secured for holding the cape in close proximity about the body of a wearer.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combination garment. Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional View of portions of the garment showing the securing devices in position. Corresponding and like parts are re ferred to in the following description and indicated infoll the wiews jof .the accompany ling drawing. by the same reference characters! Thegarment inciudes a cape l to the upmeans of a line of stitchin per end of. which is suitably moored a hood 2. This hood 2 is preferably secured by 2. The cape and hood may be of any desired pattern and may be connected together by sewed scams or other means.

As'already stated, oiled paper is preferably employed in the con- 'struction of the garment. 'The lower portion of the hood 2 is provided with a series of eyelets or openings 3 through which is threaded a draw string 4. The free ends of this string are located at the forward portion of the hood and may be tied together whereby the lower portion of the hood me be drawn close around or against the neo v of a wearer of the garment.

' One side portion of the cape 1 is pro vided with s 1 clearly illustrated in the several ii the drawing. In practice it is pre erred to reinforce'the slitted'portion of the cape b stripsfG. Thesestrips may be cemented: stitched or, otherwise, secured in position,

:85. These slits are arranged in pairs, the members of the pair-sot slits are spaced slightly from each other as Y res of.

and they are provided with slits which reg- 1 ister with theIslits provided the cape. Tongues 10 are secured'to'thelopposite-side portion of the cape 1, from thatisi'de' ivvhich j-jls .Pi'Qvided ivith the slits 5. These tongues devices are provided upon'the cepe portion p and these devices include perallelshts .pro-

are forn'i'ed from material 'substantiailly the same zis that of which'the garment is made, and they possess-a certain amount of ti idity ,and retain a certaindegree ofi flexi ility.

The tongues .10 are provided with 'slits 11,

these slits being located betweenv the ends" of the tongues and beyond the edge of the side of the cape 1. The tongues '10 are prof erably tapered lon 'tudi'nally as trated in Fig. lof t e dr'ni iiing. 1

It is of course understood thatvthe ccpe- 1 is adapted to rest over vth'efshoiildeis and upper portion of the body of a wearer, and when in this position the. free ends of thc tongues 10 are inserted throughthe slits 5,

end the free ends of the said"tongues are th en folded back over the intermediatepoi? -t ions of the tongues and the extremiticepfi the tongues are inserted throughthe. slitsll' of the tongues. Ther'efor'e the free ends-of the tongiies 10 are. held and the intermediate portions of the saidton material of the cape 1 which is'lc cated between the members of the pair's of slits 5.

It will be noted that three sets o f-slits 5 pre provided, spaced different distances bestllus- I 5 mics engage the fmm the edge 05 the cape. Either set of may be used, which makes the garment adjustable to difi'erent sizes.

I claim:

A garment comprising a cape, a hood provided with a downward extension stitched to and forming a yeke for said cape, said y eke extending over the forward portions ofthe shoulders of the cape, the front lower pogttionspf said hood constituting free flaps,

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture m presence of two wltnesses.

ELIZABETH lGALBRiAlTH.

Witnm G. C. Vxnmzsun,

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